Telling the boss at my new job - tips!

I started temping at an architecture firm the day after I
Found out I was pregnant. After two months almost 3 or temping they just hired me as a permanent employee. This past week I was negotiating salary and I still haven't signed my offer letter because of some errors they need to fix. I am now 14.5 weeks along and I really want to tell my boss next week. I am just nervous because they are a smaller company and it took them a lot of back and forth to decide to hire me. My son is almost 1 and I am due March 28 so my kiddos will be 18 months apart. I am pretty sure I want to be a stay at home mommy once baby #2 arrives but I need to wait and see if that will be financially possible for my family. What is the best way to tell my boss that I am pregnant? I also don't want it to seem like I tricked them but I had every right to not tell them right away....I hate confrontation sigh ;( tips????

The company has about 30 people working there. But if I tell them what if they change the terms of their offer? I also don't know for sure that I will be able to afford to quit. Also I really need the money right now before the baby comes! It would be illegal for them to change the terms of their offer because I am pregnant but it's not like I have the money or energy for a lawsuit if it came to that.

You are under no legal obligation to disclose your pregnancy before accepting a job. It sounds like you are t sure if you will be a sahm or work, so I wouldn't even mention that possibility until you know more about how things will pan out. Although it does seem a bit dishonest I don't blame you one iota for not telling them yet. Good luck!

I just started a new job and I hid very well that I was pregnant at my interview. No place can refuse u a job because your pregnant. I would wait until after you sign, and let them ask you. I finally had someone ask me 3 days ago. And she told me it didn't matter that they woulda hired me either way.

You are absolutely under no legal obligation. If you don't want to tell them, dont. I just think it will screw them over more than it would a bigger company, and if nothing else it will affect any recommendation you hope to get from them.

Although you do not need to discolse that you are pregnant, you may want to do so very soon. For a large number of companis, especially small ones, no maternity leavy is granted to women within their first year of employment. You might need to have this information for planning purposes.

Right about the maternity leave since I will have been there less than a year. Fortunately though since I am in CA I will qualify for disability leave which is either 12-16 weeks. Fortunately my husband is in HR and knows how all of the California Maternity Leave policies work.

I just really need at least this next 5 months of income. I was laid off during maternity leave from my last job. They typically can't do that but since the company of 230 people had to lay off 50 people around the same time I was laid off its not like I have grounds to claim discrimination or anything. I guess that's the other thing companies will always act with their best interest in mind not yours. So I am just trying to watch out for myself. What my real question is the actual words to use? Should I just walk into her office and say, I just wanted to let you know I am pregnant." should I say anything else like I was waiting to tell you until after my first trimester and I knew everything was ok with the baby.

I disagree that you should tell them. I would also wait until your signed the official paperwork regarding salary etc before disclosing if it were me. Maybe to some it sounds selfish but in this economy and with the fact that you haven't made any decisions at this point about wether you'll stay with the company or decide to stay home, I just think you need to keep your own best interests #1 right now. You have no idea how this pregnancy will progress or what your decision will be once you have the baby. You can make those decisions once you are on maternity leave, IMO.